[LOWDEN, Frank Orren (1861-1943), his copies]. A group of 8 works about Illinois and Western settlement from Lowden's collection, including:

HERNDON, William H. Herndon’s Lincoln The True Story of a Great Life. Chicago: Belford-Clarke Co., [1889]. 3 volumes. Contemporary calf with dark brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt. -- BURNET, Jacob. Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-Western Territory. NY & Cincinnati: D. Appleton & Co., and Derby, Bradley & Co., 1847. 20th-century half brown morocco gilt. -- PERKINS, James H. Annals of the West. Cincinnati: James R. Albach, 1847. 20th-century half navy morocco gilt. -- [The Illinois Centennial Commission.] ALVORD, Clarence Walworth, editor-in-chief. The Centennial History of Illinois set, comprising: BUCK, Solon Justus. Illinois in 1818; ALVORD. The Illinois Country 1673-1818; PEASE, Theodore Calvin. The Frontier State 1818-1848; COLE, Arthur Charles. The Era of the Civil War 1848-1870; BOGART, Ernest Ludlow et al. The Industrial State 1870-1893; BOGART et al. The Modern Commonwealth 1893-1918. Springfield, [IL]: Illinois Centennial Publications, 1917, 1920, 1919, 1919, 1920, 1920. 6 works in 6 volumes. Uniform contemporary half green morocco gilt. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 14 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine. Provenance for the lot: Lowden Frank Orren Lowden, 25th Governor of Illinois (bookplates, bindings, inscriptions). Complete list available upon request.